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Use of Host System Resources by Memory Controller

  • US 20100250836A1
  • Filed: 03/22/2010
  • Published: 09/30/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for data storage, comprising:

  • in a system that includes a host having a host memory and a memory controller that is separate from the host and stores data for the host in a non-volatile memory including multiple analog memory cells, storing in the host memory information items relating to respective groups of the analog memory cells of the non-volatile memory;

    receiving from the host a command that causes the memory controller to access a given group of the analog memory cells; and

    in response to the command, retrieving from the host memory by the memory controller a respective information item relating to the given group of the analog memory cells, and accessing the given group of the analog memory cells using the retrieved information item.

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